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Pasta Primavera’s Yarmouth Creation
Recapping The Yarmouth Pasta Primavera Chronicles – We Can All Use Some Fun News In A Challenging Year
Dec 28, 2020 | Arts & Culture, Real Estate
Pasta Primavera, Part II: Invented In A Yarmouth Kitchen In 1975, Links To Original NY Times Recipe & NYC Chef’s Son On Meal’s Creation
Jul 18, 2020 | Arts & Culture, Real Estate
Pasta Primavera, Part III: Interior Designer Rates The Yarmouth Kitchen Where Pasta Primavera Was Invented In 1975
Jul 18, 2020 | Arts & Culture, Real Estate
Pasta Primavera Part IV: Yarmouth Mansion Owner In 1975 Tired Of Four Days Eating Wild Boar So Visiting NY City Chefs Invented ‘Italian’ Dish
Jul 18, 2020 | Arts & Culture, Real Estate
We Get Mail: Jim David On Pasta Primavera & Hodge Podge
Jul 18, 2020 | Arts & Culture, Real Estate
Here We Go Again: Pasta Primavera’s Yarmouth Creation (Part V): How A $7.9 Million Mansion On Yarmouth Island Was Financed – Where The Money Came From
Jul 18, 2020 | Arts & Culture, Real Estate
Pasta Primavera’s Original 1975 NY City’s Le Cirque Recipe As Reported By New York Times
Jul 18, 2020 | Arts & Culture, Real Estate
Oh My!: The Notebook’s Pasta Primavera Chronicles: (Part VI): Yarmouth Created Italian Dish In 1975 Was The Talk Of Manhattan – The NY Times Reported In 1977
Jul 18, 2020 | Arts & Culture, Real Estate
The Notebook’s Pasta Primavera Chronicles: How We Scooped The NY Times On Their Own Reporting – Not Bad Journalism Work, eh? (Being Modest, Of Course)
Jul 18, 2020 | Arts & Culture, Real Estate
Exclusive: Italian Baron Selling $7.9M Mansion On A Yarmouth Island Where Pasta Primavera Was Invented In 1975
Jul 18, 2020 | Arts & Culture, Real Estate
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